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The Finnish bridge
The finnish railway bridge is the important strategic object and a duplicating link of a railway line of the Northwest of our country. It connects itself(himself) both industrial coast of St.-Petersburg and settles down on one kilometre above on a current from Alexander Nevskogo's bridge. The bridge total length reaches 1130 metres.
It is possible to name the finnish bridge with confidence the most significant and at the same time unknown crossing on Neva. To tell the truth, the information on it, accessible to a wide audience, is poor. It is caused first of all by its departmental accessory, after all this construction is strategic object that is why it is provided by reliable protection which already on the first approaches to the bridge stops all and everyone. Meanwhile, it is known that seventy years ago foot pass on the bridge was quite realizable, it was necessary to present the special admission only. Similar the admission without superfluous red tape were made out under demands of the enterprises which workers lived on one coast of Neva, and worked on other.
The railway Finnish bridge has appeared in 1912 and has been originally calculated on one track. The occurrence the construction not only has connected coast of Neva, but also has managed to unite the finnish railways with the all-Russian. Engineers G.G.Krivoshein and N.A.Beleljubsky with the assistance of architect V.P.Apyshkova supervised over creation of this scale engineering creation. In process of construction of the bridge, on the left coast of Neva on which inhabited quarters by then have already expanded, the grandiose ferro-concrete platform which has received subsequently the status of the biggest construction from ferro-concrete in pre-revolutionary Russia has been erected.
By 1980 years the single-line Finnish bridge began not to cope catastrophically with the increased goods traffic, even under that circumstance that the passenger service on it was rather insignificant. Besides, the bridge obviously demanded major repairs. Therefore in 1986 there was a new bridge, nearby with old and under the engineering-architectural characteristics reminding the predecessor. With the advent of the new bridge, the old Finnish bridge has been safely closed on the reconstruction as which general contractor the Baltic building company has acted. However repair work on it did not boil at all, and opposite, went that is called as the turtle steps. Only in 1994 has been disassembled old razvodnoj flight and its mechanism and as the old frame platform has been dismantled, and instead of it has been erected new with trapezoid support. On the present major repairs have started only in 2002.
It is interesting that speed of repair work has essentially increased only after acceptance of the basic decision on building of the new Ladoga station which efficiency would have too small potential, there will be no nearby a reliable, reconstructed crossing. Besides by Ministry of Railways it has been allocated 15 million roubles for development of the St.-Petersburg railway junction which third was taken away on restoration of such important object, as the Finnish bridge. In 2003 the old Finnish bridge updated and reconstructed, become now two-acceptable, has been again opened for movement of trains. On it has been replaced razvodnoj the mechanism, flying structures and towers and as the new foundations from outside are built by October quay are repaired.
It is necessary to notice that with introduction of the two-acceptable railway Finnish bridge in operation, throughput of all St.-Petersburg railway junction that has highly affected and development of a transport complex in all Northwest of Russia has essentially increased. The railway communication with the countries of Scandinavia and Finland Besides, has in many respects improved.
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